Why the Senate failed to approve the call for the 2025 Judiciary election

<img alt="Opposition senators on the board of directors refused to endorse the call (EFE/ Sáshenka Gutiérrez)” class=”global-image” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high” height=”1080″ loading=”eager” src=”https://www.infobae.com/resizer/v2/B57ZGBEW5ZA5LE6CFSCDG7Q34I.jpg?auth=3ad11a9d427fc60981d445b73d238104fa3f6105702d247a55fffb0edb811994&smart=true&width=350&height=197&quality=85″ width=”1920″/>Opposition senators on the board of directors refused to endorse the call (EFE/ Sáshenka Gutiérrez)

During the Session held at noon this Tuesday, October 15, 2024 at the Senatethe approved of call elected the 881 judges, magistrates and ministers of the Judges. Despite its development, the board of directors was unable to meet the necessary requirements for this purpose and the process is still pending.

Since the approval of the call cannot be resolved, the president of the board of directors of the Senate of the Republic, may Gerardo Fernández Noronaannounce a four-hour break at 2:00 pm this Tuesday to reach agreements related to the aforementioned call.

“I promote this assembly that, as I have already indicated, the call to elect judges. The agreement requires the signature of seven members of the board of directors. The opposition, within its rights, has refused to sign it. Therefore, at the end of these interventions, I will declare a break of four hours because I do not want to take an interpretation, because the majority will be decided by the presidency because it is not a question of voting,” he said.

<img alt="Gerardo Fernández Noroña agreed to a four-hour break to collect signatures and issue the call (Cuartoscuro)” class=”global-image” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”low” height=”1280″ loading=”lazy” src=”https://www.infobae.com/resizer/v2/OUYRYBKWJJGULAP65T3F5UDM5Q.jpg?auth=7681c9f1c189b2234465cffaa8441a61fe4b41e9cdf0afde20a0d7007feb46b8&smart=true&width=350&height=233&quality=85″ width=”1920″/>Gerardo Fernández Noroña agreed to a four-hour break to collect signatures and issue the call (Cuartoscuro)

So that the process of the approving and issuing the summons to elect 881 judges, magistrates and ministers it is appropriate, the document must be signature of seven members of the board of directors of the Upper Housethat is, half plus one. However, opposition lawmakers refused to sign the document.

Mauricio Vila and Imelda Castro, from the National Action Party (PAN); Karla Toledo and Claudia Anaya, from the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI); as well as Luis Donaldo Colosio, from Movimiento Ciudadano (MC), refused to sign the document, which is why a signature was missing for his initiative.

It is worth mentioning that a Labor Party Senator (PT), Lizeth Sanchezwho holds the position of secretary to the board of directors, he did not attend the session. According to the journalist Leticia Robles de la Rosa, he was in Puebla, his state, although he is already They asked him to return to Mexico City (CDMX) so you can sign and proceed with the procedure.

The the session will resume at 6.00 pmas announced by the president of the board of directors, Gerardo Fernández Noroña, It is expected, by that time, that the board of directors and its member will be absent, who will be in charge of capturing the missing signature for the issuance of the call on the elections scheduled for June 1, 2025.